links for 2006-09-07

Iran’s president urged students Tuesday to push for a purge of liberal and secular university teachers, another sign of his determination to strengthen Islamic fundamentalism in the country… echoing the rhetoric of the 1979 Islamic revolution

â€œThe whole world is talking about how porn is going mainstream…Itâ€™s time for real-sex to be a real box office hit.â€ Private has contacted the offices of John Malkovich, Lars Von Trier, Julio Medem and Pedro Almodovar…

Mount Weather is a top-security underground installation an hour’s drive from Washington DC. It has its own leaders, police, fire department – and laws. A cold war relic given a new lease of life since 9/11. And no one who’s been inside has ever talked.